Because “it smelled nice” or “it stank” just isn’t enough. This smell vocabulary cheat sheet gives you rich, precise, and evocative smell words to make your readers actually smell your scenes — especially in six-word stories and microfiction. Pro tip: Combine a source + quality + emotion for maximum power. Smell Vocabulary Cheat Sheet Looking … Read more
Six Word Stories Glossary Six-word stories may be tiny, but the ideas behind them are surprisingly rich. This glossary explains the most important terms in the world of six-word writing, from microfiction and memoir to twist endings, prompts, and word count rules. Whether you are new to the form or trying to sharpen your craft, … Read more
Need a villain, ghostly figure, unsettling stranger, or genuinely evil presence for your story? This Creepy Character Generator creates dark character ideas for horror, thrillers, gothic fiction, dark fantasy, and creepy microfiction.
What if a the world’s greates novels could be told in just six words? That is the idea behind six word novels, a form of ultra-short storytelling where a whole novel is boiled down to its essence as a single line. Like traditional novels, they can contain character, conflict, and emotion, but everything is distilled … Read more
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Some stories take hundreds of pages. Others take just six words. This Six Word playground lets you experiment with the art of tiny storytelling. Type your idea, watch the word counter, and when you reach exactly six words you can submit your wonder to appear below. Try writing something funny, haunting, surprising, or beautiful. A … Read more
This selection captures a spectrum of human emotions and experiences, from the poignant and the profound to the playful and the peculiar, each encapsulated in a compact six words. These entries, spanning romance, loss, discovery, and humor, reflect the contest’s diverse submissions.
Entering our 6-word memoir contest is easy! Simply follow these steps:
For valentine’s day, here are 33 new six word love stories and memoirs.
Today, I’ve been experimenting with turning a Six Word Wonder into spoken word audio. I’m not sure whether the Six Word Wonder book will become an audiobook, or whether these short little poems lend themselves to something else, like a podcast. So, consider this first recording a little experiment. It may also be the last… … Read more